"Have you ever seen the plant power? NO? It's okay, because it never happened before, this is the first time you can see a plant powering your cell phone, Streetlights etc. "
A Dutch company named 'Plant-e' HARNESS ELECTRICITY FROM LIVING PLANTS & then it could be used to power cell phone chargers, Wi-Fi hotspots & rooftop electricity modules etc. More than 300 LED lights were illuminated by the company. Marjolein Helder, Co-founder & CEO of Plant-e believes that this electricity bring a clean energy to the world & could be revolutionary technology.
Plant-e debuted its project "Starry Sky" in the month of November 2014 at an old ammunition site 'HAMbrug'. Harvesting energy from plants has come a long way since middle science fair projects featuring clocks run by potatoes.
Approach of PLANT-E'S is built on the same principal but is radically different since it doesn't require plants to be damaged in order to harness the energy from plants. Plant-e's electricity generation process involves plants growing in 2 square foot plastic containers for the project of Netherlands streetlight. As plants grow, they already produce more sugars than they needed under photosynthesis when essential turning solar power into sugars. The excess sugar is cast out through plant's roots into surrounding soil & breaks down into protons & electrons. Dutch company's system uses electrodes in the soil to await the breakdown of this plant waste & then conducting electricity.
Founders of the Plant-e are hoping that their technology someday will be used in poor areas of the world to provide power, where plant life is abundant, like rice paddies or near wetlands. This new clean technology can bring electricity to many people who have never had it.
Though many researchers are finding ways to basically generate electricity from thin air, so somehow researchers are trying to get NATURE FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGY that could change our life into natural world.
"Images" via Plant-e & Shutterstock
Enjoy "PLANT POWER"!
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